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a German computer scientistand retired chess programmer, born, raised and living in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattingen Hattingen] <ref>[http://www.hattingen.de/stadt_hattingen/Rathaus/Fachbereiche/Ratsangelegenheiten,%20Wahlen%20und%20Logistik/Stadtarchiv/ Thomas Weiß] ('''2005'''). ''„Diese Tränen werde ich nie vergessen...“ – Geschichte der Synagogengemeinde Hattingen''. (German) as [http://www.hattingen.de/stadt_hattingen/Bildung%20und%20Kultur/Stadtarchiv/Wir%20%C3%BCber%20uns/Ver%C3%B6ffentlichungen/16_juden.pdf pdf]</ref> <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenburg_%28Hattingen%29 Isenburg (Hattingen) - Wikipedia.de] (German)</ref>, and author of the chess programs [[IsiChess]] and [[HansDamf]]. He was radio and television engineer and studied CS at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund_University_of_Applied_Sciences_and_Arts University of Applied Sciences] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund Dortmund]. His career as a chess programmer started rather late, when he was already in the mid thirties - inspired by [[David Levy|David Levy's]] [[Computer Chess Compendium]], specially the article about [[Chess (Program)|Chess 4.5]] <ref>[[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1977'''). ''Chess 4.5 - The Northwestern University Chess Program.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]], reprinted (1988) in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]</ref>. After a short and venturesome career as professional chess programmer from 1994 to 1997, Gerd Isenberg is employed application developer for the Oil- and Gas-Industry. Gerd has been an organizer here at the wiki, main focus [[Bitboards]], [[bit-twiddling|Bit-Twiddling]], [[History]] of computer chess programming and everything else.